LDDC

Question 1

When did the LDDC occur?

Answer 1

1981-1998

Question 2

What were the areas in decline in the London Docklands?

Answer 2

Tower Hamlet, Newham, Southwark

Question 3

Why did the London Docklands go into decline?

Answer 3

Ships couldn’t fit -> left to Felixstowe & Tilbury
Young left for work
Old stayed - poor

Question 4

Outline the % of children that stayed for further education in the London Docklands

Answer 4

<40%

Question 5

Outline the derelict land in the London Docklands before the LDDC

Answer 5

1000ha

Question 6

How much did the LDDC cost?

Answer 6

£380mil

Question 7

Outline the house improvements made from the LDDC

Answer 7

20,000 new houses made
10,000 council homes gentrified

Question 8

How much land was reclaimed to the LDDC?

Answer 8

600ha

Question 9

Outline the improvements to transport from the LDDC

Answer 9

Jubilee Line extension underground
Docklands Light Railway - £73mil

Question 10

What were the cons of the DLR?

Answer 10

Reduced weekend service hours - didn’t accommodate locals

Question 11

Outline the efforts spent on local facilities

Answer 11

£30,000 spent (e.g: schools)

Question 12

Outline the displacement that occurred for the old dockers due to the LDDC

Answer 12

No jobs to accommodate skills
New places set up (Pubs closed -> Bistros & Gastro Pubs -> expensive -> can’t afford)
Success for new but not for old